No fewer than 100 individuals have been kidnapped and brought into the hilly forests after bandits invaded about seven villages underneath the Wanke District of Gusau Native Authorities Space in Zamfara State.
The bandits got here in massive numbers on bikes, rounded up the communities on Tuesday night, and kidnapped the victims into the forest.
Eyewitness accounts stated that the attackers stormed the Sabon Layi Neighborhood at about 5:30 pm on Tuesday, the place they kidnapped about 50 individuals.
The sources informed African Impartial Tv that the bandits bore heavy firearms which they fired sporadically earlier than going away with their victims Gira, Amirawa, Ana Ruwa, and Dan Shamaki communities.
Different communities attacked had been Nasarawa, Gidan Ango and Kwakwara.
The bandits additionally carted away valuables, together with foodstuffs and handsets.